our community needs assessment, we need more open spaces. we need our kids to be able to just unplug and connect to nature, to the environment. they are constantly in a different world. i can not check with my kid because i do not understand how to get on facebook or twitter, youtube, all of these other things. but when we go down to golden gate park, when we played tennis -- i play tennis. that is when i can connect with my son, my daughter, my child, my family. we want to build that partnership out so that we can ensure open space is going to be as another tool to engage our families. i 1 harder% agree. we need a new way to utilize

technology that will benefit our children and technologies so that they can be there for the future but we need to make sure we bring back the other things that we value, such as nature and open space. >> so those concerns were raised in some of these meetings that you had? >> yes, definitely. >> good to hear. >> thank you. that was very good. let me take item 18 out of order and wish you a happy birthday. [applause] >> thank you. i apologize for being late. it had nothing to do with being my birthday. >> we are now on item 8, the golden gate carrousel request for proposal.

>> good morning, commissioners. cassandra costello. i am here to present to the request for proposal for the operation of the carousel and food kiosk. just to start with some background, the historic golden gate carrousel was built in 1912 in upstate new york and moved to golden gate park in 1941. it was featured in the world's fair at treasure island before being moved to the children's playground, where it has been enjoyed by many san francisco generations of children. the current agreement for the operation of the carousel and adjacent food kiosk are currently operated under servant -- separate agreements, both of which have expired. the price for the carousel is said by the board of supervisors. $1 for children, $2 for adults.

the department does not intend to raise these presses as part of this opportunity. some key rfp terms, looking at a five-year opportunity. one of the main qualifications experience and managing a business nature of this nature. respondent shall also submit proposed rent consisting of a minimum annual guarantee as well as percentage rent payment. the winning respondent shall be required to put together a $6,000 maintenance fund specifically for the carousel. respondents also be required to submit a plan for operating children's birthday parties in the adjacent areas to the carousel. thank you to lisa who had done a tremendous amount of work on this and as the manager. there was quite a bit of public outrage on this, including the

surrounding supervisors to golden gate park, which is supervisor 0 olague, mar, and carmen chu, as well as in the district 5 neighborhood action canso which consists of a variety of neighborhood organizations. just to go over the schedule for this rfp. we hope to issue it tomorrow. the proposed deadline is may 18 of this year. we hope to bring it back for your consideration. we hope to commence our lease negotiations in july and bring you and negotiated lease this august and hopefully commence

this opportunity in september. that concludes my presentation. happy to answer questions regarding this item . >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i just want to say, i mentioned this when we were in committee. you will remember this. i had mentioned how grateful we were for the extent of your coverage. ongoing efforts to the knowledge how important it is to this department. i wanted to give you the opportunity -- i just wanted to say publicly we appreciate what you did on this. >> i cannot take credit. lisa worked on this, but thank you. >> seeing no other questions, can i entertain a motion? second. all those in favor? thank you.

approved. >> we are now on item nine. pga tour inc., third amendment to the master toward agreement -- tour agreement. >> good morning, commissioners. property and management. it is easier to do a chart because there was a lot of information. powerball and would not give you a good overview. as i said in the committee meetings, this is the third amendment we are requesting for the masters tournament agreement. for those of you who remember, this was written before any tournaments started coming here, and as any business operation as you are moving forward, you understand the necessity for certain changes. the current agreement as amended

still calls for six events to be held before 2020. four have been held. the next thing on our schedules will be the charles schwab cup, to be held in 2013. there has been some press written about this item today. i want to say, this is not a sudden thing on our part. general manager ginsberg and i have worked on this, negotiated this agreement over the last several months. the pga tour did not release bringing us -- this on us at the last minute. they certainly told us ahead of time there might be issues as far as other contractual agreements. i think we have negotiated a very good agreement for our department.

some of the fees for future events are going to be higher than originally we had in the agreement as amended in the second amendment. we will also be guaranteed two and possibly three events, should we get the president's cup in 2021. this amendment will also reflect the changes in our agreement, but also the agreement for it to be extended to 2021, should be announced in 2017. i wanted to mention one thing about cost to our department as far as these events are concerned. most people remember, it is always the bad things people remember. the 2009 president's cup was quite expensive for us to do, and a lot of it had to do with the fact that we were given a brand new car.

we had an instruction manual from an earlier car. our staff and crew at harding park worked in their hearts out. it has only been in the last couple of years that everyone has begun to understand what an important element harding park is to our parks system. it is truly one of the finest public golf courses in the world. there is a sense of pride in the knowledge they have all gained, especially with the help of the tour, to reach that. our operating cost for these tours have gone down since 2009. considering that and the addition of these we have italkd about, i think we will be pretty good with this.

that includes the presentation. >> is there any public comment on this item? the none, public comment is closed. >> can we entertain a motion? so moved. seconded. all those in favor? approved. >> item 10. friends of the friends of the sharon arts studio memorandum of understanding. >> good morning, commissioners. i work for the department, manager of the cultural arts division of the recreation part of the department. i am here to request a continuation of the existing

memorandum of understanding between the friends of the sharon arts studio and the department and an extension for three years. the initial agreement was for one year. given the success of the first year, we would like to extend the agreement for an additional three years. there are a couple of changes in the agreement and i apologize -- the first time i appeared before the committee, i give you a copy of the agreement that only reflected a two-year extension. the intention was three years. you have that with you now. the first year was extremely successful between the friends of the sharon arts studio and the department, and that we were able to leverage about a doubling of the program we were offering at the studio. even better than that, all of the residents in the data points

that go with offer programs were collected in the system data base. friends of the sharon arts studio relationship with our department has been around for a long time but was never formalized until this mou approximately one year ago. one of the benefits of the mou it is we are able to track and the programs together in the same database, so we know month over month, year over year, exactly how we are doing. i also have with me the president of the board of friends of the sharon arts studio. i have our rec and park manager of the facility as well, and the administrative director. if you have questions for them. the new agreement basically

continues but we were doing before with one fundamental change, and that is, in the past, the department was picking up the cost of publishing a brochure that goes out to about 2000 people. friends of the sharon arts studio has 500 paying members. they have a mailing list with 2000 people on it. those folks get the catalog mailed to them. in addition, the catalog is made available at as many rec and park facilities as we can so that people that are not members have access to their programs as well. the change in the new agreement is friends of the sharon arts studio is picking up the cost of printing and mailing the flyers, which amounts to a significant amount of money, over $20,000 a year. they do that four times a year. in addition to leveraging

programs, they are not picking up the cost of publicizing those programs. that is the significant change in the agreement. that concludes my presentation, if you have any questions. >> is there any public comment on this item? been none, public comment is closed. >> commissioners? >> i move to accept staff recommendations. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? it is unanimous. item passes. >> item 11, lafayette park. >> good morning, commissioners. product manager from the recreation and parks capital division. the item before you is an award of construction contract for the lafayette park renovation project. lafayette park is one of the parts being renovated under the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood

parks bond. we are recommending that you wore this contract of landscaping and construction, as well as two other actions, which are to relieve construction and builders from their bids. this project was advertised for construction in january. we opened bids on very 22. after the bids were opened, we received two protests, two requests for relief of the contract. therefore, we were unable to come to the capital committee with the recommendation at their meeting last week. that is why this item is before you today. since that time, the department of public works has completed their review in repaired to make

a recommendation to you on this matter. the first is the relief of the bids. we are recommending that this commission believes the two bidders because they did provide documentation that they had made a clerical error in their bid. this is not surprising since this package was a very complicated package which included not only a basted with multiple lines, but also 12 alternates that were involved with the enhancement to the playground, which is described in the bid package. with the relief of the bids, only one of the two protests would be applied. we review the protest of the bid and determined it was not significant, and that we have denied that protest and are now

recommending that the bid be found to be the lowest responsible bidder. therefore, we are hopeful you will award the contract to bauman today and allow the project to move forward. we are prepared to begin construction in may. this is a 10-month construction period. we anticipate having the park opened in march 2013. one other item associated with this project, which i wanted to give you an update on. we do have a partnership with the friends of lafayette park playground to fund the enhancements to the playground. in the bid package there were 10 playground enhancements, and we will be before you within the next two months with a gift from the friends of lafayette park playground, in order to find, if

not all, a large number of the enhancements to the program. that concludes my report. happy to answer any questions. >> is there any public comments on this item? being none, public comment is closed. >> entertain a motion? moved. seconded. all in favor? unanimous. thank you. >> item 12 open space contingency reserve fund. sunnyside playground club house. >> good morning, a capital improvement program. this is an expenditure of the reserve fund. we made a presentation a few weeks back to the capital committee which they approved. what we are looking for, it was a request from the friends and neighbors of the sunnyside playground to renovate a small storage space underneath the club house which is adjacent to

the renovated plaza at that facility. currently, it houses miscellaneous equipment. they requested that the modified into a kitchenette to support the plaza space. it could be programmed and functions as a venue for birthday parties and other activities. in your packet, who on the back page, you see a rough sketch of that. we will be using our job order contract system to complete this work. proposal from synergy for 33,006 and $45. that will allow us to complete the minor renovations to the space. this will be carved into two spots. one will remain a storage space for our operation vote in the field and then the other space will be utilized as the small kitchenette space.

>> thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? please come forward. good morning, commissioners. >> on behalf of the sunnis are part families and neighbors who have been representing, for over 20 years, and dedication to the neighborhood park, we ask that you approve this unique addition to the already successful and renovation. we thank the capital committee and especially commissioner buell for launching the solution. the plaza concept surfaced about 15 years ago when the community was dreaming about a renovated sunnyside park. of primary interest was reflecting a long cultural history in the neighborhood who wanted a gathering place in the neighborhood known as la plaza.

a small room was included in the renovation providing access to utilities so that hon beverages and simple food service is possible. specific two outdoor events, sunnyside's plaza is less formal but would provide similar convenience. here is an opportunity to have a sense of being in the community within earshot of children, yet far enough away to create a serene environment. the plaza is of particular interest to the adult, teens, and civic groups in the neighborhood. the proper room when an appellee appointed plaza and a marketable addition to the parks portfolio for residents who would not choose to hold a party and the part can now enjoy being outdoors. picnic tables in the middle of a field are not always everyone's preference for holding a special gathering. the process of choosing how to spend this surplus of capital

dollars was very long. we had numerous large community, smaller advocacy planning, neighborhood associations, and department meetings. every idea was explored. lists were prioritized. in the end, some ideas were excluded by the department and the remaining community choices were always included at the top. even the best of planning processes, not everyone agrees, but in the end, we understand how we got where we are. some insisted on including things that were -- like portable toys or things that would need tearing out, already renovated things, like a small field, which did not want. we think we have a legitimate collection of people in the department who are supportive of this idea and are looking forward to holding their community group of men sit there in a more sophisticated

environment. we are very excited about this. we thank you and invite you in advance to our first party. we will have shish kabob and my special lemonade. >> is there anyone else that might to make public comment? bill? >> i just wanted to thank commission buell and lee for listening to us. i just really appreciate the fact that this has been followed through to its conclusion. i look forward to its completion. we have been here before. i just hope that it is now finished and we can enjoy it.

>> thank you. >> is there any other public comment? and being none, public comment is closed. >> commissioners? >> move, seconded. all those in favor? it is unanimous. >> item 13, general public comment continued. is there anyone that wants to make the general public, and that has not already done so? >> this is a problem that i was not aware of in our neighborhood until we were preparing for the concert last friday night at the sunnyside conservatory. i am waiting because i'm trail was parking her car across the street. as a major she got across safely, and there was a group of skateboarders coming down monterey.

i was amazed at the noise they were making and the fact that the first time through, i counted six people in both lanes. the pact and it was 6:00, it was rush hour did not deter them. then there were more coming. eventually, i counted 13 kids on skateboards skating between cars, between buses. i know there is a skateboard park planned for the corner of san jose and ocean. i am really hopeful that that will draw people to a safe environment where they are not arguing with buses and cars at 6:00 in the evening. i have to confess, perhaps that

is a wild wish, but i was just amazed. i was at the bart station. i had never seen them. it was as loud as motorcycles and certainly a lot more dangerous. when you are propelling yourself down, and a bump in the road means that you can go sideways. even if the car was inclined to slow down and stop for you, it would have been somebody seriously hurt. i just want to bring that up. i know the solution is in the works. if there is anything you can do to facilitate that happening sooner rather than later, there are lives that are at stake. thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make general public comment? being done, this item is closed. item 14. commissioner's matters.

>> commissioner lee. >> i am sorry i got here late i wanted to commend the general manager on a very successful ping pong tournament, table tennis, that was held at the county fairgrounds -- county fair building. we had a professional tournament for two days. some of the best players in the country were there, including an olympic hopeful from the bay area, and barney read. it was just amazing to go to the building and to see all of the tables set up, people, five

years old up to 95 years old playing ping-pong. we also had disabled people, people in wheelchairs', and it was a tremendous sight to behold that we were doing this. this is the second tournament we have held. the first was last year. this is a sport that is really taking off commack and it has always been a big sport in the asian-american community, but it is expanding beyond, particularly among the senior population, because it is a sport seniors can play late into life and it helps their conative abilities and keeps their hand eye coordination active and engaged. i would like to see more of these events be held by rec and

park and that we should consider for commissioners matters possibly having another tournament at the opening of the chinese recreation center now known as betty hong recreation center. that would be a great way to celebrate a new recreation center. perhaps this is something we can discuss further at a later meeting. >> thank you. >> are there any other commissioners? public comment on this item? and being none, public comment is closed. item 15. new business, agenda settings. is there any public comment? the none, public comment is closed. 16 is communications. is there any public comment? being none, public comment is closed. item